Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Within the scope of the project, which aims to create an education plan according to the needs of industrial organizations and to provide education to women who want to participate in work life and girls in vocational technical high schools, a press conference was held with the participation of project stakeholders.

In his opening speech, Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Vice President of TOBB Board of Directors and President of Kocaeli Chamber of Industry, said that the aim of the project is to increase women's participation in employment in industry, contribute to meeting the need for qualified employment of the industry, as well as increasing role model women in industry in front of our young people.

Nurcan Babalık, TOBB Kocaeli Women Entrepreneurs Council President, said, “As Kocaeli KGK, we aim to increase the participation of women in the economy by increasing women's employment in the industry in our province. 52,000 companies operate in our province. The number of male employees in the province is 492,000 and the number of female employees is 180,495. In line with this data, I would like to state how important our project is for our province. Because we think that increasing women's employment in our province, which is an industrial center, will bring serious benefits to our country economically.”

The Press Conference was attended by Recep Öztürk, President of the Körfez Chamber of Commerce, Ömer Akmanşen, Director of National Education of Kocaeli, and School Principals, Vedat Doğusel, President of IMEAK Chamber of Commerce, Günseli Özen, Vice President  of TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Council of Directors and Fatma Aydoğdu, Member of the Upper Board, Handan Köse, TOBB Entrepreneurship Department Specialist, Nurcan Babalık, TOBB Kocaeli Women Entrepreneurs Council President and Executive Board Members.